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Chapter 4
Reference Information
Printing Specifications
Printing method: Thermal line printing
Dot density: 180 dpi
×
180 dpi [the number of dots per
25.4 mm (1”)]
Printing direction: Unidirectional with friction feed
Printing width: 72 mm (2.83”), 512 dot positions
Characters per line
(default):
42 (Font A)
56 (Font B)
Character spacing
(default):
0.28 mm (.01”) (2 dots) (Font A)
0.28 mm (.01”) (2 dots) (Font B)
Programmable by control command.
Printing speed - High: Approximately 16.5 lines/second
(1/6” inch feed, at 24V, 20° C,
density level 2)
Approximately 70 mm/second
(approximately 2.76”/second)
Printing speed - Low: Approximately 11.8 lines/second (1/6”
feed)
Approximately 50 mm/second
(approximately 2.0”/second)
High and low speeds are switched
automatically depending on the voltage
applied to the printer and the temperature
of the environment.
Approximately 28 mm/second
(approximately 1.1”/second) when a
ladder bar code is printed.